U.S. to lead fight against climate change

4:27 AM,
Jul. 6, 2013

President Barack Obama

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President Barack Obama

On Tuesday, I unveiled a new national plan to confront climate change. It's a plan that will reduce carbon pollution to prevent the worst effects of climate change, prepare our country for the effects we can't stop, and lead the world in combating the growing threat of a changing climate.

Many Americans who already feel the effects of climate change don't have time to deny it - they're busy dealing with it. Firefighters are braving longer wildfire seasons. Farmers are seeing crops wilt one year and wash away the next. Western families are worried about water that's drying up. And while we know no ...